National leader Simon Bridges is taking a swipe at the government following news that more than 4,000 Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment and Inland Revenue Department staff have voted to strike next month.

A working solo mother of two says she is owed around $5000 in outstanding child support payments from the father of her eight-year-old twins. She has been calling Inland Revenue for the past eight years to understand why this is still happening, but to date is still out of pocket and without any answers.

A New Zealander in Perth says he regrets getting a student loan and says the government are worse than loan sharks. John Gemmell of Ngāti Maniapoto has a student loan debt of around $40,000 and hasn't paid a cent back.